Hardware Windows Wiimote Driver Created!

[lookout]

how do you get the signal to your pc....?
You probably need a bluetooth adapter

or candle trick...

 

[SilverAnalyst]

How would the candle trick get the signal to his pc?

 

[[M]artin]

I think he was joking...

 

[SilverAnalyst]

Oh

. I leave my humorous self at home when I go to work so I can be slow on the uptake

 

[hey_suburbia]

Here is a video of it working on Windows:
http://wiinintendo.net/2006/12/04/wiimote-...use-on-windows/

Here is a video of it working on Linux, with a meter showing it's values:
http://wiinintendo.net/2006/11/29/wiimote-to-work-on-linux/

 

[Purple@work]

Here is a video of it working on Windows:
http://wiinintendo.net/2006/12/04/wiimote-...use-on-windows/

Here is a video of it working on Linux, with a meter showing it's values:
http://wiinintendo.net/2006/11/29/wiimote-to-work-on-linux/

Either your site is having problems, or my work have JUST added you to their filter list but I don't think that is the case.

 

[dEC0DED]

this seems pretty dope. hopefully when i purchase the wii the drivers for the windows will be able to support full gaming.

 

[lookout]

How would the candle trick get the signal to his pc?

artin,Dec 5 2006, 02:23 PM] I think he was joking...Â

I try to pray to move..

(ps i don have a wii yet)

 

[Zaraf]

If it does all the motion as well, then 1st person shootup games could be cool.


It would be impossible without a sensor, however, it shouldn't be hard to make one!
=)

In that video, how does this home made thing send the single to the Wii itself?

 

[Veho]

In that video, how does this home made thing send the single to the Wii itself?

I'll assume you meant "signal".

The sensor bar doesn't really "sense" anything, it just has infrared LEDs on each end. The Wiimote follows the position of the LEDs, and calculates its own position in relation to them. For example, if they appear in the top left corner of the Wiimote's field of view, then the Wiimote is (probably) pointing to the lower right corner of the TV screen. Information from the motion sensors is also factored into the calculation. The end result is sent to the Wii via Bluetooth.

The "sensor" bar doesn't send any information to the Wii. The cable is only a power cable for the LEDs. If you can power the LEDs from another source (batteries, for example), the sensor bar doesn't even have to be plugged into the Wii. The whole thing can be replaced with two lit candles

 

[Gilrad]

Hmm, this poses some interesting possibilities for being able to play FPS games as though you were playing it on a Wii.

You see, the pointing mechanism for the Wiimote is absolute. That means you can translate the screen coordinates that the wiimote is sending into axis' on an analogue stick, effectively making your character turn when your wiimote nears the edge of the screen. Throw in some equations to give the center area a bit of a 'dead zone', and turn up the turning sensitivity in game, and save for the gun being independant from the screen, you have the exact same thing you would get on a Wii.

Sounds awesome.

 

[Hero-Link]

right... keyboard+wiimote sounds like a great way to play quake 3 and such!


NOT

 

[Elrinth]

right... keyboard+wiimote sounds like a great way to play quake 3 and such!


NOT

i think otherwise

pretty badass this driver now takes in IR reads

i'm looking forward to see how it'll work with my computer when I get my Wii

 

[OrR]

right... keyboard+wiimote sounds like a great way to play quake 3 and such!


NOT

Keyboard? The thing has buttons, a d-pad, and you can connect the Nunchuck with more buttons and an analog stick. Should be enough for most stuff...
Damn, this is so awesome!

 

[hey_suburbia]

Here is a video of it working on Windows:
http://wiinintendo.net/2006/12/04/wiimote-...use-on-windows/

Here is a video of it working on Linux, with a meter showing it's values:
http://wiinintendo.net/2006/11/29/wiimote-to-work-on-linux/


Either your site is having problems, or my work have JUST added you to their filter list but I don't think that is the case.

My site is hosted by mediatemple.net and they're having problems with their new grid servers, it's up at the moment, but there may be intermittent outages, check out the videos, so cool.